Originally Posted by
stevenshev
Let's not generalize. Not Americans...just Americans who were never taught basic etiquette. Always makes me cringe when friends/dates do that. I've made comments a few times.
I never considered it to be bad etiquette, but if so, I'd put it in that gray area of etiquette that's more about following arbitrary rules rather than about being nice to others.
I never would I comment to a friend/date though -
that is bad etiquette.